The Sudan Cotton Co. ltd.
The Sudan Cotton Co. ltd.
The Sudan
Cotton Co. has its Regional Management in Port Sudan The main activities of the
Regional Management are as follows :--
-- Receiving and storing of seed cotton at the company's Warehouses .
-- Loading of exported cotton to PortSudan ports
-- Clearing of all cotton for exportation.
-- Completion of all export formalities at different units in PortSudan.
-- Weighing of cotton to be ready for export.
-- Classification of exported cotton.
There are many sections and administrations in PortSudan :--
1] WAREHOUSES MANAGEMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS :--
-- Warehouse section .
-- Allocation & weighing section .
-- Other helping sections [ accounts & others ] .
-- Administration for testing & classification .
The S.C.C.L. owns 45 Warehouses near The Port. Each Warehouse is about 5000 SQ. Meters area. Safety Measures are taken into consideration . We have 4 fire stations with about 3 firemen in each station. We have also policemen for security purposes throughout the 24 houses . Early warning system was established within these Warehouses.
2] ADMINSTROTION FOR CLASSIFICATION & COTTON TESTING :-
Activities :--
-- Manual classing of cotton
-- Testing
-- Sampling
Classification :--
4% from each lot is classified manually to different grades .
Testing :--
Cotton tested by the following traditional equipments:--
-- Fibograph
-- Micronaire
-- Stelometer
-- Thermodetecor
HIGH VOLUME INSTRUMENT :--
Also the company owns a high volume instrument { apid tester} . This instrument tests all spinning & fibre characteristics of cotton { Length – Strength – Fineness – Elongation – Maturity – Trash content – Color } only stickiness is tested by the thermo-detector .
OTHER ACTIVITIES :--
-- Visiting cotton schemes.
-- Visiting the ginning factories.
-- Write reports about cotton seed classing & ginning.
-- Final report about each cotton season & cotton specifications.
-- Standard boxes & pulling types to Bremen & Liverpool for arbitration every two years.